[R-390] Father's Day Dream

[mil_dude at juno.com]

>From a dream early this morning:

I'm in a building at an Army Reserve base.  In a room a couple of GIs
are operating R-392s.  One of the R-392s looks pretty stock, but the
other has an unusual faceplate.  Humm, I make a note to investigate
these further.  Then I notice a T-17 microphone that has been painted
desert camo and I think, "That makes sense, this unit must have just
returned from the Middle East." (never mind that it's been decades
since the military used T-17s).

Even though the mike isn't connected to anything, I pick it up, press
the transmit button and begin to speak.  From somewhere comes the sound
of squelch breaking and then the voice of my late father.  We converse
back and forth, father to son.  It's great but I suspect it can't be
happening.  So I say to him "I hope this isn't just a dream."  Tears
begin to well up in my eyes.

And of course, it was only a dream.  There is no magic T-17 that can
speak to loved ones that have passed, no matter how it's painted.

So this Father's Day remember the man who helped raise you and the
sacrifices he made for you.  If you still have your father, you are
fortunate.  The rest of us have only memories and dreams.

Dad, you may be gone, but you have not left my heart.  And as these
electronic bits escape into the universe, maybe, just maybe, I've found
that magic T-17 after all.




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